Federal Laws are wrote by Congress. That includes the Senate & the House of Representatives. Secondly, certain administrative agencies have law writing powers, called regulatory powers. These Administrative Laws regulate a certain aspect in the area that Congress has authorized the regulatory commission to act on behalf of.
The people who have the power to make laws are politics, the government and the president.Added: (This answer applies to the US only) ONLY the Legislative Branch of government has the power to propose and pass laws. They forward the legislation to the President who will sign the legislation which turns it into law. The Executive Branch of government carries out the laws, and the Judicial Branch of government passes judgement on them. Other nations have different and/or varying processes.
Executive
The Legislative Branch of government.
Executive
In the US, there isn't a branch of government assigned specifically with deciding "the meaning of laws." The legislative branch, or Congress, creates new laws and passes them into being. The executive branch, the president and his appointed staff and agencies, execute the laws passed by Congress. And in the case of conflict or argument about the laws, the judicial branch sits in judgment over the laws, to see that they are in keeping with the Constitution.
President Obama heads the executive Branch and he writes the laws.
The people who have the power to make laws are politics, the government and the president.Added: (This answer applies to the US only) ONLY the Legislative Branch of government has the power to propose and pass laws. They forward the legislation to the President who will sign the legislation which turns it into law. The Executive Branch of government carries out the laws, and the Judicial Branch of government passes judgement on them. Other nations have different and/or varying processes.
The judicial branch.
The purpose of the executive branch of the US government is to enforce laws.
The legislative branch of government writes the law. The legislative branch is made up of people elected to represent the general population. For the US government, the legislative branch includes the Senate and the House of Representatives, as well as their supporting offices.
Executive
In the US - The court system MAKES no laws. That is the separation of powers of government at work. LEGISLATIVE Branch writes and enacts the laws. EXECUTIVE Branch carries out, administers and enforces the laws. JUDICIAL Branch judges those who run afoul of the laws (both civil and criminal) and in the case of THE SUPREME COURT OF THE US - can decalre a law enacted by the Legislative Branch to be unconstitutional.
The Congress is the Legislative branch of the US Government. The Congress is comprised of the US House and the US Senate. They write the Federal laws. The President and Bureaucracy is the Executive branch. They enforce the laws. The Courts are the Judicial branch. They interpret the laws to fit individual circumstances.
The US Constitution
It was Montesquieu's idea to separate the government into three branches: a legislative branch to make laws, an executive branch to enforce the laws, and a judicial branch to make judgments based on the laws. This was called the separation of powers. (Which is the type of government the US uses.)
the legislative branch of the US government proposes. explains and makes the laws.
Laws for the U.S. are made by two of the three branches of government. The Executive Branch (the president/ his cabinet) writes a bill. The Legislative Branch votes on turning the bill into law. It can happen the other way around, and the president can Veto bills. Then the third branch, the Judicial Branch, or the court, makes sure these laws are followed. This is called Checks and Balances; the equal division of power amongst our government